Drawings Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Snape, Suffolk
Object number
LDSAL2020.38.190
Artist/Designer/Maker
Davidson, Septimus - Attributed To
Production date
1862
Material
Paper
Pencil
Watercolour
Pencil
Watercolour
Technique
Drawing
Painting (Image-Making)
Painting (Image-Making)
Dimensions
Height: 382mm
Width: 556mm
Width: 556mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Drawing of a Boat discovered on Snape Common, Suffolk.
Proc. N.S. 177
Proc. N.S. 177
Inscription content
No. 1. Vertical section of mound clearing the boat in its length.
No. 2. Horizontal section of mound shewing [sic] interior of boat
No. 3. Vertical section of mound clearing the boat crosswise.
Sketch of rivet which like the rest is 3 inches in length
No. 2. Horizontal section of mound shewing [sic] interior of boat
No. 3. Vertical section of mound clearing the boat crosswise.
Sketch of rivet which like the rest is 3 inches in length
Inscription content
Scale of feet.
In the drawing ¼ inch = 1 foot in real mound.
In the real mound the boat is 48 feet in length, 9 feet 9 inches across and 4 feet deep.
In the rows of rivets 7 are included within the distance of 3 feet; the rows are 6 in number in either side and 4 or 5 in number at the bottom of the boat; at the sides the rivets lie horizontally, at the base they rest vertically on the sand; all the rows terminate in two rivets lying parallel with each other, the one at the stem the other at the stern.
(description of disposition of rivets follows)
In the drawing ¼ inch = 1 foot in real mound.
In the real mound the boat is 48 feet in length, 9 feet 9 inches across and 4 feet deep.
In the rows of rivets 7 are included within the distance of 3 feet; the rows are 6 in number in either side and 4 or 5 in number at the bottom of the boat; at the sides the rivets lie horizontally, at the base they rest vertically on the sand; all the rows terminate in two rivets lying parallel with each other, the one at the stem the other at the stern.
(description of disposition of rivets follows)
Inscription content
Drawing of a boat discovered on Snape Common
Proc. N.S. Vol. II.
Suffolk
Proc NS Vol. 2, p 177
Proc. N.S. Vol. II.
Suffolk
Proc NS Vol. 2, p 177
References
Reference (free text)
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London2nd series 2 (1861-1864): 177-8.
Reference (free text)
'Proceedings at Meetings of the Archaeological Institute', Archaeological Journal 20 (1863): 188-91.
Reference (free text)
Stanley West, A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk (Ipswich: Suffolk County Council, 1998), p. 94.
Reference (free text)
William Filmer-Sankey and Tim Pestell, Snape Anglo-Saxon Cemetery: Excavations and Surveys, 1824-1992 (Ipswich: Suffolk County Council, 2001), pp. 193-8.
Illustration, p. 7.